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- From: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Subject: Re: Neutering question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.222228.11444@zia.aoc.nrao.edu>
- Reply-To: rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Ruth Milner)
- Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
- References: <1e8nn4INN99v@agate.berkeley.edu> <1992Nov16.194804.3493@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <1992Nov16.225510.28527@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 22:22:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.225510.28527@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.194804.3493@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> barlow@prodigal.psych.rochester.edu (Rebel) writes:
- >>In <1e8nn4INN99v@agate.berkeley.edu> spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope) writes:
- >>>rhart@haas.berkeley.edu (Richard Hart) writes:
- >>>>Is is normal for the vet to keep the cat overnight after
- >>>>neuter surgery? This is a male cat. I don't remember this
- >>>>being the practice last time I had a boy cat (years ago).
- >>
- >>>He's learned to fluff up his invoices.
- >>
- >>Steve, the question I would ask you is does the amount of money for
- >>your pet matter that much to you. You would expect an overnight stay in
- >>the hospital if YOU had major surgery, why shouldn't your cat expected
- >>the same?
- >
- >Yes, remember that spaying a female cat is removing the ovaries
- >and performing a hysterectomy.
-
- What with all the flames and hyperbole this seemingly innocent posting has
- generated, everyone seems to have forgotten, or missed, the fact that the
- original question was about a *male* cat being *neutered*. This is not major
- surgery; in humans it's done with a local anaesthetic in the doctor's office.
- Of course, the cat is unlikely to sit still for it (some humans I've heard of
- didn't either :-) ), so he will probably be anaesthetized. But he shouldn't be
- under for more than about 5 minutes. If he gets surgery in the morning and you
- pick him up late afternoon, that's likely to be as long as the vet needs to
- watch him.
-
- Our girls were not kept overnight before or after they were spayed. The
- reasoning behind this (our vet's standard procedure - the only vet within
- 45 miles) was that surgery is traumatic enough without having to come to
- consciousness in strange surroundings with strange people. Maybe there's a
- tradeoff in the quality of the observation you would provide vs. what your
- vet would, but if the vet doesn't have someone there all night to observe
- your cat, I fail to see how they could do a better job of it. You would
- probably keep a closer eye on him.
-
- I don't see any harm in it either way. There's advantages and disadvantages
- to both. If you're willing to pay the fee, by all means go ahead if you'll
- feel happier about it, or you aren't willing to question the vet about it.
- But I personally don't think it's necessary.
-
- All you have to remember is no food or water for ~12 hours before surgery,
- and no food for ~24 hours after.
- --
- Ruth Milner NRAO/VLA Socorro NM
- Computing Division Head rmilner@zia.aoc.nrao.edu
-